diff --git a/parquet-avro/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/avro/AvroConverters.java b/parquet-avro/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/avro/AvroConverters.java
index e34cc9b0b2..bf9bde0df1 100644
--- a/parquet-avro/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/avro/AvroConverters.java
+++ b/parquet-avro/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/avro/AvroConverters.java
@@ -18,16 +18,11 @@
  */
 package org.apache.parquet.avro;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
-import java.math.BigDecimal;
-import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import org.apache.avro.Schema;
 import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericData;
 import org.apache.avro.util.Utf8;
 import org.apache.parquet.column.Dictionary;
-import org.apache.parquet.io.ParquetDecodingException;
 import org.apache.parquet.io.api.Binary;
 import org.apache.parquet.io.api.GroupConverter;
 import org.apache.parquet.io.api.PrimitiveConverter;
@@ -273,30 +268,6 @@ public Utf8 convert(Binary binary) {
     }
   }
 
-  static final class FieldStringableConverter extends BinaryConverter<Object> {
-    private final String stringableName;
-    private final Constructor<?> ctor;
-
-    public FieldStringableConverter(ParentValueContainer parent, Class<?> stringableClass) {
-      super(parent);
-      stringableName = stringableClass.getName();
-      try {
-        this.ctor = stringableClass.getConstructor(String.class);
-      } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
-        throw new ParquetDecodingException("Unable to get String constructor for " + stringableName, e);
-      }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Object convert(Binary binary) {
-      try {
-        return ctor.newInstance(binary.toStringUsingUTF8());
-      } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
-        throw new ParquetDecodingException("Cannot convert binary to " + stringableName, e);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   static final class FieldEnumConverter extends BinaryConverter<Object> {
     private final Schema schema;
     private final GenericData model;
diff --git a/parquet-avro/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/avro/AvroRecordConverter.java b/parquet-avro/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/avro/AvroRecordConverter.java
index 66ffe64f6b..fdc8e50ef7 100644
--- a/parquet-avro/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/avro/AvroRecordConverter.java
+++ b/parquet-avro/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/avro/AvroRecordConverter.java
@@ -52,12 +52,10 @@
 import org.apache.avro.reflect.AvroIgnore;
 import org.apache.avro.reflect.AvroName;
 import org.apache.avro.reflect.ReflectData;
-import org.apache.avro.reflect.Stringable;
 import org.apache.avro.specific.SpecificData;
 import org.apache.avro.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.apache.parquet.Preconditions;
 import org.apache.parquet.avro.AvroConverters.FieldStringConverter;
-import org.apache.parquet.avro.AvroConverters.FieldStringableConverter;
 import org.apache.parquet.io.InvalidRecordException;
 import org.apache.parquet.io.api.Converter;
 import org.apache.parquet.io.api.GroupConverter;
@@ -150,18 +148,6 @@ public void add(Object value) {
       converters[parquetFieldIndex] =
           newConverter(nonNullSchema, parquetField, this.model, fieldClass, container, validator);
 
-      // @Stringable doesn't affect the reflected schema; must be enforced here
-      if (recordClass != null && converters[parquetFieldIndex] instanceof FieldStringConverter) {
-        try {
-          Field field = recordClass.getDeclaredField(avroField.name());
-          if (field.isAnnotationPresent(Stringable.class)) {
-            converters[parquetFieldIndex] = new FieldStringableConverter(container, field.getType());
-          }
-        } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
-          // must not be stringable
-        }
-      }
-
       parquetFieldIndex += 1;
     }
 
@@ -444,7 +430,7 @@ private static Converter newStringConverter(
     } else if (stringableClass == CharSequence.class) {
       return new AvroConverters.FieldUTF8Converter(parent);
     }
-    return new FieldStringableConverter(parent, stringableClass);
+    return null;
   }
 
   private static Class<?> getStringableClass(Schema schema, GenericData model, ReflectClassValidator validator) {